Want to learn more about the VAF and how to get the most out of what we have to offer? Interested in publishing inBuildings and Landscapes? Presenting a paper at a conference? Posting an announcement or query in our newsletter? VAF members will introduce our programs, resources, and opportunities. Especially recommended for newer members.

2. Reframing Discourses on the Vernacular

Chair and comment: Matthew Lasner, Hunter College

Thomas Hubka, University of Oregon: The Transformation of Working Class Housing and Domesticity: 1880-1940

The VAF for years has photographed, recorded, analyzed, and published on our vernacular buildings and landscapes. The luncheon panel begins to address the real world problem of bringing preservation into play after the recognition of value is established. Panelists will present specific examples of preservation efforts and methods directed toward saving the vernacular buildings we value.

James Hill, James Hill Architect: Victorians and Baptists: Preserved Structures and Lost Cultures: The Disappearing Black Churches of San Francisco’s Western Addition

8. Architecture of Education

Chair and comment: Paula Lupkin, University of North Texas

Yuko Nakamura, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee: The Gendered Landscapes of Higher Education: Interpreting the Campuses of Women’s Specialized Schools in Pre-WWII Tokyo, Japan as ‘Negotiated Space’

Marta Gutman, City College of New York: I.S. 201: Space, Race, and Modern Architecture in Harlem

Tait Johnson: Manufacturing the Daylight School: Educational Pedagogy and the Classroom Window Wall in the Postwar United States

9. Global Vernaculars

Chair and comment: William Littmann, California College of the Arts

Chris Bell, University of Oregon: Hidden in Plain View: The JapaneseFuroin the Hood River Valley

J. Ritchie Garrison, University of Delaware: The Cultural Landscapes of Freight, 1660-1870

Hongyan Yang, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee: How Race Produces and Reproduces Homes: The Everyday Culinary Negotiations of Hmong Immigrants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Registration closes May 20, 2016Refund Policy:Registration cancellations received before April 30, 2016, will be refunded in full, less a $50 administrative fee. Cancellations received from April 30, 2016, to May 13, 2016, will be refunded 50 percent.There will be no refunds after May 13, 2016.